He's wrong about Spaghetti Bolognese being cultural appropriation, though - it's as Italian as Nigel Farage.

Generally if Hislop is pushing the point, he's seen the evidence, and knows precisely what's happened.

*20 hrs a month. Sorry, tried to be thorough and still had a brain fart.

Well of course he is.

I'd still give him a noshing under the desk. Mercer, that is.

Not being a brit (I'm from NZ), I thought Ian was being a bit harsh, but you're absolutely right @rikparkinson2501 - he only pushes when he knows facts (and I should have known that!). Qudos Ian - and not that he'll ever hear, or care, but sorry I doubted you!

I only wish I could!

He's cracking PAUL up, and Paul rarely laughs that hard. If at all.

Brian is the best

ALWAYS GO FULL BRIAN BLESSED, YA BASTARD!

and again, because someone at youtube has a cucumber up their arse and they're clearly enjoying it: ALWAYS GO FULL BRIAN BLESSED, YA BASTARD!

Tgat's because they've literally downloaded video clips posted on the Hat Trick channel and thrown them together - the fucked up along the way.

I googled. Looks like it's back on 5th April. 👍

"...with a beard" is what he says. I listened to it once and heard it perfectly fine.

@@michaelwells4802Thanks; it rarely happens to me, but once in a while something in English will just trip me up; my Dutch brain then goes 'does not compute', no matter how often I try. This didn't sound like an extreme dialect, like how Johnny Vegas will often confound me, but 'something' made it unintelligeble for me. Thanks for the feedback; it was driving me nuts 🙂

@@berendharmsentotally fair enough dude. If english isn't your first language then I don't blame you at all. I hope moments like these only serve to help 👍

​@@berendharmsen native English speaker but American and from the South and every once in a while something a Brit says makes my brain short circuit lol interestingly it only seems to happen with them and not with others who learn English and speak with their native accent (like I never have any issues understanding Henning Wehn or Daliso Chopanda when they're on the panel shows) - I suppose it's because they don't typically speak as fast or use as much UK slang. I love linguistics and how our brains process words lol and love connecting with ppl across the ocean thanks to these brilliant comedians who help us stay sane! 💙

@@berendharmsen I kind of get the confusion, I'm Northern so I would say Beard as "Beerd", but this reporter talks like a Southern ponce and so says "Bee-yard". English dialects can throw even Brits off.

It's called satire, luv. Look it up 🤦‍♂

Oh I dunno. His death stare at 1:14:06 was pretty good. Shame he had to interrupt Paul for it though.

He's very entertaining when he's not on a fast-paced panel show. For example QI grinds to an awkward halt when he's on. I could listen to his ridiculous stories in a conversational format. But you can't put him on a show like this imo. Yeah, he gets a few good one-liners in. But not enough to make it work for a whole episode.

Nah, it has a mostly working class audience - it's just that it goes over your head because you're thick.

What a long-winded way to tell strangers you don't get the jokes.